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Sean Oatney
Executive Vice President,
SIGNARAMA | EMBROIDME
Sean oversees sales efforts for both SIGNARAMA and EMBROIDME . He is responsible for managing three regions in the NorthWest quarter of the United States. Prior to joining the company in 2003, Sean owned a business consulting company which specialized in working with existing businesses to help elevate their sales to a new level.
He started with the United Franchise Group in 2003 as a field marketing representative and within six months was promoted to Regional Vice President where he remained for four years. He covered Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Kansas as well as West Virginia until his promotion to Director of Sales in our corporate offices in West Palm Beach, FL.
He served as the Director of Sales from 2007 to 2012 for Sign A Rama, Embroidme, Plan Ahead Events, IZON Global Media, and Billboard Connection. From 2010 to 2012 he oversaw only Sign A Rama and their phenomenal growth throughout the global marketplace.
Today he resides in the Denver, CO market and works with his team of professinals in CO, MO, KS , UT, ID, WY, MT, CA, OR and WA.
He attended Columbus College of Art & Design as well as Ohio University for Business Administration.
With over 25 years of business experience, business ownership and teach, training and mentoring others to success for over 10 years with United Franchise Group Sean is the man you want to lead you and your team to success!
Sean is happily married to his lovely wife Tammie of 13 years and they have three beautiful boys of 10, 8 and 6 years old.
Terry Demarest
Regional Manager
SIGNARAMA
Terry has over 20 years of sign industry experience, starting when he opened an independent sign and printing company in Kennesaw, GA. He eventually sold his business to a new SIGNARAMA franchisee in the 80’s prior to working with a corporate sign company in Mobile, AL. He transitioned into overseeing Franchise Development efforts through new sales, conversions and buy-outs of other franchised sign companies.
Terry then joined another well-known franchise system, HomeVestors (HVA), the We Buy Ugly Houses Franchise. As the housing market crashed and the growth declined, he decided it was time to return to the stable marketplace in the sign industry. He originally first met Ray Titus, the founder and CEO of SIGNARAMA, in the late 80’s and early 90’s when working together offering franchisees the opportunity to become members of the ISA (International Sign Association).
He quickly learned that Ray and the SIGNARAMA staff are undoubtedly committed to offering the tools and support that enable franchisees the ability to achieve financial independence and create a lifestyle that allows them to spend quality time with their families.
Further exemplifying his knowledge of the industry, Terry helped his son obtain franchise sign training to become a manager of a franchised sign store in Orlando, FL for a multi-unit owner franchisee. His son then went on to open and manage a new franchised sign business in Jackson, TN. Since then, he has advanced to become the head designer for the largest electrical sign manufacturing company in Nashville, TN.
Through Terry’s efforts 2 other members of his family, a husband a wife team, were able to launch into the sign business by purchasing an existing franchised sign business in Ocala, FL. Prior to the acquisition this husband and wife had been stuck in monotonous 60 hr work weeks running a restaurant franchise.
After Terry assisted them with the purchase of the existing sign business, they realized a quality of life they would have never been able to achieve in the restaurant business. They have been able to attend church together, enjoy holidays together, travel where and when they wanted, and have been able to afford private schools for their daughters, all the way from elementary school through college.
The franchised sign industry is here to stay and he is very grateful to be a small part of its growth. Terry is happily married to his lovely wife, Hope, since 2008.
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